WageSight

Cardiff

Data to Aug 2026

Published at local authority grain.

Recent months are provisional and revised in later ONS releases; this page always shows the latest published value (data to 2026-08-01).

Median monthly pay
£2,613
+3.2% on year
How we know this
Grade A · data to 2026-08-01
Source: PAYE RTI Dataset — Payrolled Employees & Median Pay
Real pay vs CPIH
-0.1%
CPIH 3.30%
How we know this
Grade A · data to 2026-08-01
Source: Derived: HMRC RTISA median pay deflated by ONS CPIH for 2026-08-01; PAYE RTI Dataset — Payrolled Employees & Median Pay; Consumer Price Indices (ONS MM23/CPIH)
Payrolled employees
162,614
-0.7% on year
How we know this
Grade A · data to 2026-08-01
Source: PAYE RTI Dataset — Payrolled Employees & Median Pay

Median pay trend

Median monthly pay trend, falling over the period, ending at the latest month.
Trend shown as a non-recoverable image; the exact monthly history is available via the WageSight grounding API.

How it compares

AreaMedian payChange, yrReal termsEmployees
Cardiff£2,613+3.2%-0.1%162,614
Caerphilly£2,569+2.6%-0.6%74,450
Rhondda Cynon Taf£2,536+3.0%-0.3%99,395
Swansea£2,488+2.7%-0.6%101,197
Carmarthenshire£2,468+2.0%-1.3%74,420
Wales£2,532+2.9%-0.4%1,307,556
United Kingdom£2,657+3.5%+0.2%30,227,243

Figures exact as published; WageSight does not round. The quarterly LAD release means mixed vintages are normal — a row a quarter behind shows its own data month.

Everyday & leisure spending

Everyday and leisure spending, priced at the area's CPI region — not a weekly food shop, rent, energy, or council tax.

Eating out basket£81.75
Night out for two£180.58
Night out with friends£59.98
Family day out£314.50
Household essentials (monthly)£66.34
Dog owner monthly costs£42.59
Monthly leisure activities£132.66

Priced at Wales prices (CPI region), not the town.

Healthy life expectancy

Women: 59.5 healthy years at birth (55.3–63.7) · Wales 58.5 — not significantly different from Wales

Men: 60.1 healthy years at birth (56.3–63.9) · Wales 59.2 — not significantly different from Wales

Official statistics in development (2022–2024), at birth. Comparisons are gated on statistical significance; change over time is not asserted.

About these figures. Pay and employment derive from HMRC PAYE RTI, published by ONS. Real pay is deflated by CPIH (3.30%). Recent months are provisional and revised in later releases.